MIDDLESBROUGH’S dementia friendly campaign – which has “opened up the world again” for residents living with the condition - has been lauded in the influential medical publication The Lancet.

THERE’S treat in store for panto fans with a special performance of this year’s show at Middlesbrough Theatre.

A FESTIVE Hollywood classic is the latest offering in a Middlesbrough cinema’s Dementia Friendly series.

Depression and Anxiety on the increase as we enter darker nights

• Socialising virtually, more online shopping and no commuting means nearly half of Brits (47%) fear they’ll see even less daylight this winter…According to new research published today, Coronavirus is pushing us into living a “mushroom existence”.